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(Can't Get My) Head Around You
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| Single by The Offspring from the album Splinter |
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| Released | 2004 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Punk rock | ||||
| Length | 02:15 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Writer | Dexter Holland | ||||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | ||||
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"(Can't Get My) Head Around You" was the second single off of The Offspring's 2003 album Splinter. The video clip features the band playing in a dome lit by fluorescent lights and was shot with over 600 cameras, in what the band's website calls 'the ultimate performance video'.
Contents |
- (Can't Get My) Head Around You
- Come Out and Play [Live]
- Gotta Get Away [Live]
- The Kids Aren't Alright [BBC Radio 1 Session]
The song generally reflects the title, in that the narrator is unable to figure out why the object of the song does what they do, for example with lines like 'every single day what you say makes no sense to me', and 'I'll never really know what's really going on inside you'. The narrator hints that the object has insecurities ('deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't want to see') and is 'covering them up like a cut'. The narrator then resigns himself to being unable to decipher the mystery, but the song also hints that the insecurities grow worse and worse - 'the cut's getting deeper'.
The song switches between light and heavy distorted guitar-driven segments - the first verse is lighter, the second verse and chorus are heavier and louder, the bridge then reverts to the subdued sound of the first verse before the distortion comes into play for the second chorus and conclusion.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Charts | 47 |
| UK Singles Chart | 48 |
| US Mainstream Rock | 16 |
| US Modern Rock | 6 |
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- This is the first music video from The Offspring to show Atom Willard playing the drums.
- According to The Offspring's Complete Music Video Collection commentary, the music video for this song was shot with 666 cameras.